Art: A History of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture, Volume 1 |
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... basilica were each flanked by semicircular spaces ; exedrae , like those of the Forum of Augustus , rose behind the colonnades at either side of the plaza ; apses closed off either end of the basilica ; in the center of a single huge ...
... basilica were each flanked by semicircular spaces ; exedrae , like those of the Forum of Augustus , rose behind the colonnades at either side of the plaza ; apses closed off either end of the basilica ; in the center of a single huge ...
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... Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine . ( Architectural reconstruction. The other great pagan structure of the early fourth century is the basilica started by Maxentius in 306 and terminated under Constantine in 313 , a massive section ...
... Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine . ( Architectural reconstruction. The other great pagan structure of the early fourth century is the basilica started by Maxentius in 306 and terminated under Constantine in 313 , a massive section ...
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... basilicas . The altar , at the head of the nave , was probably movable . The columns of the basilica were either Corinthian or Composite , and of many different materials including green marble , yellow marble , red granite , and gray ...
... basilicas . The altar , at the head of the nave , was probably movable . The columns of the basilica were either Corinthian or Composite , and of many different materials including green marble , yellow marble , red granite , and gray ...
Contents
FOREWORD PAGE | 11 |
Paleolithic Art Old Stone Age 30000 | 26 |
Neolithic Art New Stone Age 8000 | 32 |
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Abbey Church Acropolis ancient angels appear apse arcade Archaeological Museum Archaic arches architect architecture artists Athens B.C. Marble barrel vaults basilica beautiful bronze building built buttresses Byzantine capitals Carolingian carved Çatal Hüyük Cathedral Cathedral of Chartres central century B.C. Chapel choir Christ Classical clerestory colonnade colonnettes color colorplate columns Corinthian decorated dome Doric drapery dynasty earliest Early Christian Egypt Egyptian emperor Empire Etruscan façade figures France frescoes frieze gold Gothic Greek groin vaults Hagia Sophia head height Hellenistic Illumination imperial interior Italian Italy king later light limestone Mesopotamia Middle Ages Minoan mosaics Mosque Museo Mycenae nave original ornament Ottonian painter palace panel pediment period piers portal pose Reims relief Renaissance Roman Romanesque Rome roof Saint Saqqara scenes sculpture shapes shows side aisles space statues stone structure style surface Temple tion tomb towers tracery tradition Trajan transept vase wall paintings westwork Zeus